(10-01-2014, 08:47 AM)allgivenover Wrote: Players taking IC as OOC is just something that happens in RP scenes. You'll even see it manifest on these very forums in the way people talk about their characters as if they are those characters. For example using personal pronouns when talking in OOC forums about their character (I, my, me) instead of "my character" or [character name].I liked a lot of stuff in this
One aspect you didn't touch on is something that the vast majority of roleplayers mix IC and OOC with all the time; not creating a separate mindset for your character that doesn't look at the world they live in through the player's very modern view
For example, most players in this scene takes being able to read for granted. All of us players were raised in a culture where literacy is extremely prevalent and the vast majority of roleplayers port this mindset straight into their character. In Eorzea being able to read and write is a big deal, but despite that most roleplayer's characters have little or no reaction when it comes to light that others are literate, in fact it's more noted in roleplay when someone CAN'T read or write.
Why? Because being able to read is just something everyone they know can do in real life, and because many players don't create a separate worldview for their character there is an entire cultural aspect of the lore that is largely left untouched and in fact the reactions to illiterate characters are often completely backward from what they should be; "What, you can't read!?"
Another great example of this mixing IC and OOC is traditional Seeker tribe lore. That is so contrary to a modern mindset that many players cannot discuss it without dissolving into a frothing rage.
OP seems to have a good handle on identifying the worst offenders when it comes to players who mix IC and OOC, but the truth is the vast majority do it in more subtle ways without even realizing it. It's just something you have to accept is going to happen in the scene while doing your best to navigate it.
Though I'm dubious about a raider being a red flag for you thing. I have a pretty solid coil static that clears everything and I am very, very good at separating IC and OOC so either it's just been your bad experience or I'm the exception, either way.
Though there's always that difference between subtle IC and OOC mixing (like the literacy and tribal bits though the latter is less subtle) and throwing your family keyboard across the room when Becky Lou chooses Bobby Bill to go to the RP event instead of your character. Which I think is what the OP was trying to get at.And even on the rest of the signs as well. Most of them were listed as things that made her cautious until proven otherwise. Which most people are cautious the first few RP interactions anyways, and look for signs based off past experiences. Like with me, I've seen people look out for RPers who are single IRL. I used to be the same, but even players I RPed with who have been married or in committed relationships can turn into bigger creeps then the friendly college virgins over the smallest things.
